[Vision2020] A Boy and His Dad

[Janesta Sullivan]

Thanks Tom. This is quite lovely

On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 07:04 Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> A Boy and His Dad
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> by Edgar Guest
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> A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip—
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> There is a glorious fellowship!
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> Father and son and the open sky
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> And the white clouds lazily drifting by,
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> And the laughing stream as it runs along
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> With the clicking reel like a martial song,
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> And the father teaching the youngster gay
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> How to land a fish in the sportsman's way.
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> I fancy I hear them talking there
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> In an open boat, and the speech is fair.
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> And the boy is learning the ways of men
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> From the finest man in his youthful ken.
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> Kings, to the youngster, cannot compare
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> With the gentle father who's with him there.
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> And the greatest mind of the human race
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> Not for one minute could take his place.
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> Which is happier, man or boy?
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> The soul of the father is steeped in joy,
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> For he's finding out, to his heart's delight,
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> That his son is fit for the future fight.
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> He is learning the glorious depths of him,
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> And the thoughts he thinks and his every whim;
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> And he shall discover, when night comes on,
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> How close he has grown to his little son.
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> A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip—
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> Builders of life's companionship!
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> Oh, I envy them, as I see them there
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> Under the sky in the open air,
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> For out of the old, old long-ago
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> Come the summer days that I used to know,
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> When I learned life's truths from my father's lips
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> As I shared the joy of his fishing-trips.
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> ———————
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> Me and my dad at Lake Mead in 1958.
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> http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Dad/Dad_Tom_Lake_Mead.jpg
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> ————————————————-
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> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.net
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> “A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”
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